Arahitogami
Sign in to savethumb|Kakuryū Rikisaburō, a sumo wrestler, wearing a belt with Shide demonstrating his status as a [[Yorishiro]] is a Japanese word, meaning a (or deity) who is a human being. It first appeared in the () as the words of Yamato Takeru saying: "I am the son of an ."
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Overview
- {{Anchor|yorimashi}}People as Yorishiro
- Difference between ''akitsumikami'' and ''arahitogami''
- See also
- Notes
thumb|Kakuryū Rikisaburō, a sumo wrestler, wearing a belt with Shide demonstrating his status as a [[Yorishiro]] is a Japanese word, meaning a (or deity) who is a human being. It first appeared in the () as the words of Yamato Takeru saying: "I am the son of an ."
In 1946, at the request of the GHQ, the Shōwa Emperor (Hirohito) proclaimed in the Humanity Declaration that he had never been an , divinity in human form, and claimed his relation to the people did not rely on such a mythological idea but on a historically developed family-like reliance. However, the declaration excluded the word .
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